Amber Luke, aka Dragon Girl, has been successful in getting attention.
Amber Luke, aka Dragon Girl, has been successful in getting attention.
Amber Luke says she's not planning anymore extreme body modifications.
But then you realise she actually is because the 24-year-old's definition of extreme is much different to everyone else's.
She spent more than $37,000 modifying her body, but she went blind for three weeks after getting her eyeballs tattooed withblue ink, news.com.au reported.
Ms Luke, 24, from NSW, underwent an excruciating and dangerous 40-minute procedure to transform her eyes.
It was the latest in a string of body modifications the body piercer has done, including getting 200 tattoos on her body, having her tongue split and her earlobes stretched.
Amber has had 200 tattoos on her body, had her tongue split and her earlobes stretched. Photo / amber__luke / Instagram
Ms Luke, who calls herself the Blue Eyed White Dragon and first developed her bizarre fascination with extreme modifications at 16, said the eyeball job was the most dangerous procedure she had done to date.
"I've had depression and suicidal attempts in the past, and they'll say you should have gone blind or you should hang yourself," she said.
"It's nasty and unnecessary."
Ms Luke said the criticism used to bother her but she'd learnt how to deal with it.
She first developed her bizarre fascination with extreme modifications at 16. Photo / Instagram
When she got the eyeball tattoo she said it was like shards of glass were rubbed in her eye. Photo / amber__luke / Instagram
"It used to get to me really badly," she said.
"It used to make my not want to leave the house and feel really insecure about myself.
"No mater what they say, it's just their opinion. At the end of the day everyone has their own idea of what beauty is, and mine is just different to everyone else's.
"I've learned to deal with it and put a barrier up."
Ms Luke said she tended to focus on the positive rather than the negative.
"I receive a lot of support from friends, family, strangers and local businesses," she said.
"The support and love is phenomenal. You never expect people to be so open-minded in this day and age. It's starting to become more acceptable."
While she's running out of space on her body, Ms Luke said she still had a "few gaps" on her legs for more tattoos.
She said while the blue-eyed white dragon name had stuck in the media after she mentioned friends called her that, she said her intention wasn't to look like a dragon.
